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Magnetic quivers and Hasse diagrams for Higgs branches of rank $r$ 4d $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs arising from $\mathbb{Z}_{\ell}$ $\mathcal{S}$-fold constructions are discussed. The magnetic quivers are derived using three different methods: 1)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 Antoine Bourget , Simone Giacomelli , Julius F. Grimminger , Amihay Hanany , Marcus Sperling , Zhenghao Zhong

The technique of orthosymplectic quotient quiver subtraction is introduced. This involves subtraction of an orthosymplectic quotient quiver from a $3d\;\mathcal N=4$ orthosymplectic quiver gauge theory which has the effect of gauging…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-13 Sam Bennett , Amihay Hanany , Guhesh Kumaran

For any gauge theory, there may be a subgroup of the gauge group which acts trivially on the matter content. While many physical observables are not sensitive to this fact, the identification of the precise gauge group becomes crucial when…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-30 Antoine Bourget , Julius F. Grimminger , Amihay Hanany , Rudolph Kalveks , Marcus Sperling , Zhenghao Zhong

Among the elementary building blocks in the atomic classification of 5d SCFTs there are 5d bifundamental conformal matter theories of various kinds. In this work we study the Higgs branch of these models and of the corresponding molecules…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-25 Mario De Marco , Michele Del Zotto , Julius F. Grimminger , Andrea Sangiovanni

D3-/D5-/NS5-brane systems with $O3$ orientifold planes realise 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ gauge theories with orthogonal and symplectic gauge groups on the D3-brane worldvolume. Such setups have long contained an ambiguity regarding the global form…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-10 Sam Bennett , Amihay Hanany

Magnetic quivers and Hasse diagrams for Higgs branches of rank 1 $4d$ $\mathcal{N}=2$ SCFTs are provided. These rank 1 theories fit naturally into families of higher rank theories, originating from higher dimensions, which are addressed.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Antoine Bourget , Julius F. Grimminger , Amihay Hanany , Marcus Sperling , Gabi Zafrir , Zhenghao Zhong

We consider the tensor theory on coincident E8 5-branes compactified on a three torus. Using string theory, we predict that there must be distinct components in the moduli space of this theory.We argue that new superconformal field theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Arjan Keurentjes , Savdeep Sethi

The Higgs branch of minimally supersymmetric five dimensional SQCD theories increases in a significant way at the UV fixed point when the inverse gauge coupling is tuned to zero. It has been a long standing problem to figure out how, and to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-01 Giulia Ferlito , Amihay Hanany , Noppadol Mekareeya , Gabi Zafrir

This letter considers 3d $\mathcal{N}=4$ (unitary-)orthosymplectic quiver gauge theories originating from Type IIA and Type IIB brane systems with $\mathrm{ON}^0$ planes. Such theories lie outside the scope of present combinatorial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-19 Sam Bennett , Amihay Hanany , Guhesh Kumaran , Lorenzo Mansi

We study the Higgs branch of the SCFT limit of 5d SO(6) and SO(8) gauge theory with hypermultiplets in the spinor and vector representations. In the case of SO(6) gauge theories, we contrast the magnetic quivers obtained with those of SU(4)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-01 Mohammad Akhond , Federico Carta , Siddharth Dwivedi , Hirotaka Hayashi , Sung-Soo Kim , Futoshi Yagi

D-branes can end on orbifold planes if the action of the orbifold group includes (-1)^{F_L}. We consider configurations of D-branes ending on such orbifolds and study the low-energy theory on their worldvolume. We apply our results to gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Anton Kapustin

We present a number of investigations of 5d ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric gauge theories that make use of 5-brane web constructions and the 5d superconformal index. These include an observation of enhanced global symmetry in the 5d fixed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Oren Bergman , Diego Rodriguez-Gomez , Gabi Zafrir

We study two dimensional $N=(4,4)$ supersymmetric gauge theories with various gauge groups and various hypermultiplets in the fundamental as well as bi-fundamental and adjoint representations. They have " mirror theories " which become…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Alishahiha

In exploring supersymmetric theories with 8 supercharges, the Higgs branches present an intriguing window into strong coupling dynamics. Magnetic quivers serve as crucial tools for understanding these branches. Here, we introduce the decay…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-11 Antoine Bourget , Marcus Sperling , Zhenghao Zhong

We explore the properties of five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories living on 5-brane webs in orientifold 7-plane backgrounds. These include $USp(2N)$ and $SO(N)$ gauge theories with fundamental matter, as well as $SU(N)$ gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-27 Oren Bergman , Gabi Zafrir

We propose 5d descriptions of 6d ${\cal N}=(1,0)$ superconformal field theories arising from Type IIA brane configurations with an $O8^-$-plane. We T-dualize the brane diagram along a compactification circle and obtain a 5-brane web diagram…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-30 Hirotaka Hayashi , Sung-Soo Kim , Kimyeong Lee , Futoshi Yagi

We study the Type IIA limit of the M theory fivebrane configuration corresponding to N=1 supersymmetric QCD with massless quarks. We identify the effective gauge coupling constant that fits with Novikov-Shifman-Veinshtein-Zakharov exact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Kentaro Hori

We propose 5-brane webs for 5d $\mathcal{N}=1$ $G_2$ gauge theories. From a Higgsing of the $SO(7)$ gauge theory with a hypermultiplet in the spinor representation, we construct two types of 5-brane web configurations for the pure $G_2$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-22 Hirotaka Hayashi , Sung-Soo Kim , Kimyeong Lee , Futoshi Yagi

When $n$ M5 branes coincide on an A type singularity, $\mathbb{C}^2/\mathbb{Z}_k$, there is a multitude of tensionless strings which arise in the spectrum. The low energy theory when all M5 branes are separated at the singularity is given…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-08-15 Amihay Hanany , Gabi Zafrir

We discuss 3d brane webs and effective Chern-Simons levels for 3d $\mathcal{N}=2$ gauge theories. We find that turning on real masses for chiral multiplets leads to various equivalent brane webs that are related by flipping positions of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-20 Shi Cheng